Aug 31 Introductions: the class, historical methods and course process, blogspot.com Group editorial work
Sept 7 Quiz on the syllabus – for real! What is history and why do we like / teach/ learn it? Read Becker (Adams Library, Electronic Reserve (ER), Stearns [wiki], Zinn DUE – Outline of one editorial, http://apprenticehistorians.wikispaces.com Talking points on Becker parts I-II, and Stearns, Zinn Create your own blog on Blogspot.com by Sept 4, Saturday and respond to the prompt.
Sept 12 Practice and Method of History DUE: Talking points on [another] Zinn, (ER), Becker part III, Oakeshott, Jensen, Talking points on Buhle, pp. 19-23, Outline of an editorial
Sept 14 Perspective & Interpretation Perspective (maps, cartoon, Shalom) Textbook Analysis DUE: Talking points on Foner, Buhle, pp. 24-28 Discussion of types of sources respond to prompt on Blogspot.com by Saturday
Sept 19 Interpretation: Textbook analysis cont’d Discuss (hand out) first interpretative essay DUE – 5 Talking points on Buhle, pp 37-45, 46-48, 49-53, 54-60, 60-64.
Sept 21 Primary Sources / Discussion of philosophy of history Due: Talking Points on Kishlansky “How to Read a Document,” Talking Points on note cards on half the primary sources in first essay. Bring copy of Springer Inventory (ER)
Review sources for first essay Note-taking, Tertiary Sources Topic selection and thesis Discussion: Article Precis, Research Progress Reports, essay assignment, Topic/ Bibliography work
Sept 26 Outline and essay assignment / topic selection / discuss primary source analysis Due: Talking Points on Buhle, pp.66-76, 76-78, 79-81, 81-85, 86-88 DUE – essay outline (bring multiple copies) Work on footnotes and use of quotations
Sept 28 Primary and secondary sources, assumption and interpretation Topic/ bibliography work / tertiary research Discuss essay outline DUE – 4-5 pp Essay Assignment, . Oct 3 Meet in the Library – workshop on primary sources DUE – peer critique of essay assignment DUE – tertiary research on two topics – post on the wik Due: Talking Points on Buhle, pp. 90-99, 100-104, 105-108, 109-114
Oct 5 DUE - Research Progress Report 1 (bring copies & post on wiki) Talking Points on Buhle. Pp. 121-123, 130-132 Individual Conferences???
Oct 11 Individual Conferences ?? to finalize research project Due: Bibliography (bring multiple copies)
Oct 12 Historical Perspectives Interpretation and meaning – reordering and assigning meaning.
Oct 19 Research DUE: outline and précis of scholarly article on the deprssion
Oct 24 Organization and intro paragraphs DUE – Research Progress Report 3
Oct 26 Writing History: Footnotes, style and organization Review of book reviews.
Oct 31 TBA
Nov 2 Individual conferences Due – Revised and Annotated Bibliography and Prelim Outline
Nov 7 Individual Conferences DUE: Annotated Bibliography
Nov 9 DUE: Outlines and Intro paragraphs
Nov 14 No Class. RIC declares this a Friday. Go figure.
Nov. 16 DUE – First 2 pages and revised intro Book Reviews
Nov 21 research? DUE – Critiques on first 2 pages DUE – Final Paper (1st draft)
Nov 23 Group work / discussion on first few pages
Nov 28 Re-evalution: the Great Depression and the New Deal / Work of a Historian DUE – Final paper (w/draft, title page, outline, notecards, bibliography)
Nov 30 How Historians disagree: perspective and meaning Read Thelen, Williamson and Referee Reports
Dec 5 DUE - 2- page response. [This is a long reading - Please schedule sufficient time]
(Note: subject to frequent revision)
Aug 29 First day of classes but in spirit only.
Aug 31 Introductions: the class, historical methods and course process, blogspot.com
Group editorial work
Sept 7 Quiz on the syllabus – for real!
What is history and why do we like / teach/ learn it?
Read Becker (Adams Library, Electronic Reserve (ER), Stearns [wiki], Zinn
DUE – Outline of one editorial, http://apprenticehistorians.wikispaces.com
Talking points on Becker parts I-II, and Stearns, Zinn
Create your own blog on Blogspot.com by Sept 4, Saturday and respond to the prompt.
Sept 12 Practice and Method of History
DUE: Talking points on [another] Zinn, (ER), Becker part III, Oakeshott, Jensen,
Talking points on Buhle, pp. 19-23, Outline of an editorial
Sept 14 Perspective & Interpretation
Perspective (maps, cartoon, Shalom)
Textbook Analysis
DUE: Talking points on Foner, Buhle, pp. 24-28
Discussion of types of sources
respond to prompt on Blogspot.com by Saturday
Sept 19 Interpretation: Textbook analysis cont’d
Discuss (hand out) first interpretative essay
DUE – 5 Talking points on Buhle, pp 37-45, 46-48, 49-53, 54-60, 60-64.
Sept 21 Primary Sources / Discussion of philosophy of history
Due: Talking Points on Kishlansky “How to Read a Document,”
Talking Points on note cards on half the primary sources in first essay.
Bring copy of Springer Inventory (ER)
Review sources for first essay
Note-taking, Tertiary Sources
Topic selection and thesis
Discussion: Article Precis, Research Progress Reports, essay assignment, Topic/ Bibliography work
Sept 26 Outline and essay assignment / topic selection / discuss primary source analysis
Due: Talking Points on Buhle, pp.66-76, 76-78, 79-81, 81-85, 86-88
DUE – essay outline (bring multiple copies)
Work on footnotes and use of quotations
Sept 28 Primary and secondary sources, assumption and interpretation
Topic/ bibliography work / tertiary research
Discuss essay outline
DUE – 4-5 pp Essay Assignment,
.
Oct 3 Meet in the Library – workshop on primary sources
DUE – peer critique of essay assignment
DUE – tertiary research on two topics – post on the wik
Due: Talking Points on Buhle, pp. 90-99, 100-104, 105-108, 109-114
Oct 5 DUE - Research Progress Report 1 (bring copies & post on wiki)
Talking Points on Buhle. Pp. 121-123, 130-132
Individual Conferences???
Oct 11 Individual Conferences ?? to finalize research project
Due: Bibliography (bring multiple copies)
Oct 12 Historical Perspectives
Interpretation and meaning – reordering and assigning meaning.
Tuesday Topics / Progress /
DUE – 1st Annotated Bibliography (multiple copies)
Oct 17 Midterm Exam – prepare exam on wiki
Oct 19 Research
DUE: outline and précis of scholarly article on the deprssion
Oct 24 Organization and intro paragraphs
DUE – Research Progress Report 3
Oct 26 Writing History: Footnotes, style and organization
Review of book reviews.
Oct 31 TBA
Nov 2 Individual conferences
Due – Revised and Annotated Bibliography and Prelim Outline
Nov 7 Individual Conferences
DUE: Annotated Bibliography
Nov 9 DUE: Outlines and Intro paragraphs
Nov 14 No Class. RIC declares this a Friday. Go figure.
Nov. 16 DUE – First 2 pages and revised intro
Book Reviews
Nov 21 research? DUE – Critiques on first 2 pages
DUE – Final Paper (1st draft)
Nov 23 Group work / discussion on first few pages
Nov 28 Re-evalution: the Great Depression and the New Deal / Work of a Historian
DUE – Final paper (w/draft, title page, outline, notecards, bibliography)
Nov 30 How Historians disagree: perspective and meaning
Read Thelen, Williamson and Referee Reports
Dec 5 DUE - 2- page response.
[This is a long reading - Please schedule sufficient time]
Dec 7 TBA